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Topic: Funding, name change, invite-only beta (Read 8418 times)
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Raph
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Today we announced that Areae is no more — there’s just Metaplace. Easier to spell and say, and it gives you the chance to focus on just one name to make fun of. And also that we closed a Series B funding round, with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz joining the funders. And that we are now into invite-only beta — there are invite keys on TechCrunch and GigaOM right now, and there will be more scattered about soon.
The beta site is up now too, with a link to the press release.
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Slyfeind
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OMG that was your 666th post! END OF DAYS!
Hm, weren't you developing your own MMO via Metaplace? Does all this shifting around change anything?
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Raph
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We've spent all our time on enabling other people to make stuff, really. I made a simple little shooter, and we did a puzzle game of mine, but the bulk of the effort has been towards enabling you, not me. (Is that too marketingy?)
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Slyfeind
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YES END OF DAYS! I still hope you make another virtual worldie thing. And I'm sure I'm not the only one!
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Signe
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Muse.
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Congrats on both your new company name and your Number of the Beast post!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Raph
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I don't want to know how you got 12,000+. :P
I guess that means your next milestone is 66666.
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Signe
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Muse.
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It's not so hard when most of your posts consist of one sentence or less.
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Jayce
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I've now tried three various invite keys that were each all used by the time I got there edit: four
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Witty banter not included.
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Raph
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Posts: 1472
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very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in
so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky...
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Raguel
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very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in
so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky...
Considering the people who hang out here, I think a witty insult would work best.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Hilarious pictures also work.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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AngryGumball
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very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in
so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky...
It was my understanding that making nice with anyone on here was impossible to do part of being part of this community when joining. As in none of these people are nice *zing*
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Raph
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That's not true! I am nice. There are others of us, but we mostly lurk quietly for fear of attracting the attention of anyone else.
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Lantyssa
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Nice person! Get 'em! Raph is nice, though. He introduced me to the late-night folks at Meatspace yesterday like I was an old buddy. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Raph
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See? I'm a saint.
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Signe
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Muse.
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And you're an angel, too!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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